Patch History

Stand Out Occurrences:
- Druid spells Wildskin and Blessing of the Wild are replaced by Blistering Sunray and Sunscorch (Jan. 17)
- Cleric spells Rectitude and Cure Corruption are replaced by Blessing of Purpose and Ward of the Dauntless (Jan. 17)
- Drakkins rejoice as they can now dye their armor (Jan. 17)
- The Akihiro event in Stillmoon Temple now yields rewards (Jan. 17)
- The Buried Sea expansion launches (Feb. 13)
- In-game mail messages over four months old will be deleted, and you can now "export" messages to a text file (Feb. 13)
- Gates of Discord instances now require the same flags as their parent zones (Feb. 13)
- Epic 1.5 and 2.0 effects now work up to level 75 (Feb. 13)
- Max levels of Echo of Misdirection, Spinning into the Void, Color Collapse, Dreams of Veldyn, and Wake of Subdual increase 78 (Feb. 13)
- Toxxulia Forest is graphically revamped (Feb. 13)

Stand Out Occurrences:
- The Serpent's Spine expansion launches (Sep. 19)
- The Drakkin becomes a playable race (Sep. 19)
- Characters now "hover" over their corpse upon death (Sep. 19)
- The /con colour system is revamped (grey-green-lightblue-darkblue-white-yellow-red) (Sep. 19)
- A new out-of-combat regeneration system is introduced (Sep. 19)
- Highpass Hold receives a graphical revamp (Sep. 19)
- Group leaders can now "mentor" other members of their group for leadership experience (Sep. 19)
- Bards and Beastlords gain the "Double Attack" skill at 71 (Sep. 19)
- Melee tomes can now be right-clicked, instead of having to turn the into guildmasters (Sep. 19)
- Players can no longer see a Shroud of Stealth'd rogue (Sep. 19)
- The fix of the fix of the fix of the Finding Fibblebrap mission goes through (Sep. 27)
- AA experience from NPCs is now based on an NPC's level rather than its /con color (Oct. 25)
- Numerous Frostcrypt giants gain the ability to see invisibility (Oct. 25)
- East and West Commonlands receive graphical revamps (Dec. 5)
- Most gems now stack to 100 (Dec. 5)
- Arrows and Bolt spells are no longer affected by height differences between PC and NPC (Dec. 5)
- Bard instruments are considered one-handed items regardless of which hand the instrument is in (Dec. 14)
- Aggro generated by pet heals is reduced (Dec. 14)

Stand Out Occurrences:
- New interface goes live (July 24)
- The Bazaar is introduced (July 24)
- Lifetappers no longer say "Ahhh... I feel much better now!" with every spell (July 24)
- Players are no longer susceptible to other players' fears and charms (July 24)
- /makeleader command introduced & LD group member no longer bugs the group (July 24)
- You can now view and/or delete your own petitions (Sept. 4)
- Hell levels are eliminated (Sept. 4)
- DoT spells cast by different players on an NPC now stack (Sept. 4)
- Clerics gain the Bash ability (Sept. 4)
- Merchant inventories grow to 80 (Sept. 4)
- Items are now linked in the "... has looted an X" messages (Sept. 26)
- Recast times are added to Rods of Mystical Transvergence (Sept. 26)
- Rods of Mystical Transvergence no longer kill you if your max-hitpoints are lower than the conversion (Oct. 17)
- /shield is introduced (Oct. 17)
- Planes of Power goes live (Oct. 21)
- Planes of Power flags can be done out of order (Dec. 19)

Stand Out Occurrences:
- Plane of Sky is introduced (Jan.)
- Casters respawn with no mana after being killed by a player (Feb. 3)
- City of Paineel is introduced (Feb. 17)
- Erudites can now be Shadowknights (Feb. 17)
- Rogues get the Evade ability (Feb. 17)
- Deity-specific items are introduced (Apr. 10)
- Kerra Ridge and Splitpaw are revamped to higher level (Apr. 10)
- Kunark goes live with a new level cap of 60 (Apr. 21)
- Newbie guards get buffed to their current levels (May)
- The Hole is introduced (June 22)
- Lady Vox and Lord Nagafen are no longer attackable by players over 52nd level